NeNe Leakes

When viewers were first introduced to Leakes during the show's first season, she was unpretentious, funny, and cordial with the other housewives. But as the series blew up, so did Leakes. She feuded with most of her co-stars, most notably Kim Zolciak - the bodacious, wig-wearing single mother who churned out the one-hit wonder "Tardy for the Party" (2009). The sassy Leakes even provoked Kandi Buruss for no apparent reason, a former member of the '90s-era R&B group Xscape and who was the most down-to-earth member of the "Housewives" cast. But while Leakes' diva moments often took center stage, she did bare her emotional side onscreen as she searched for and then met her estranged biologic...